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Westfield, Ind. — Detroit Lions rookie linebacker Malcolm Rodriguez has forced his way into first-team defensive reps during his inaugural training camp and will now use the next couple weeks, beginning with the team’s joint practices with the Indianapolis Colts, to stake his claim to a starting job. Lions coach Dan Campbell said the competition for

Westfield, Ind. — D’Andre Swift is looking to join a very elite club. The Detroit Lions’ third-year running back on Wednesday said that his goals for 2022 are to become just the fourth player ever to finish the season with 1,000 rushing yards and 1,000 receiving yards. “With (Lions running backs coach Duce Staley), the

The opening episode of this season’s “Hard Knocks” focused on Lions coach Dan Campbell and his bevy of assistants with extensive NFL playing experience. In the second installment of the HBO documentary series that aired Tuesday night, the spotlight shifted to a small group of players, as well as a couple of their family members. It starts

Allen Park — The NFL might have reduced the preseason slate from four games to three to expand the regular season starting last year, but Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell believes the team’s upcoming set of joint practices with the Indianapolis Colts this week can offset that change, providing an extended opportunity to evaluate his roster

Allen Park — The days are numbered, and now the numbers will start dwindling. That’s the reality of life in an NFL training camp, where the first handful of roster cuts was due by 4 p.m. Tuesday. And for the Lions’ players, that’s a fact that starts to carry more weight as they pack their

Allen Park — Here are some notes and observations from Monday’s training camp practice. ► There was a heavy emphasis on situational work during the session, with the defense getting the better of Detroit’s offense more often than not. The first scenario saw the offense start with the ball at midfield, 16 seconds on the clock, no

Allen Park — In the preseason opener, 76 players logged at least one snap for the Detroit Lions, but it was the one who recorded the most who caught coach Dan Campbell’s eye.  “Well, look, I would say Kerby (Joseph) showed up,” Campbell said when asked which players stood out after reviewing the film from the

Allen Park — A day ahead of needing to trim the roster to 85, the Detroit Lions cut three players Monday morning, releasing tight ends Garrett Griffin and Nolan Givan as well as offensive lineman Ryan McCollum. Griffin joined the Lions this offseason after six years with New Orleans, reconnecting him with Dan Campbell, who served as

Detroit — Jared Goff wasn’t supposed to play in the Lions preseason opener. He’d performed well in practice, was feeling good, why risk it, right? Then he heard the offensive line, the team’s unquestioned foundation, was starting intact. So Goff went to the head coach’s office and the conversation went something like this, according to Dan Campbell.

Allen Park — With the first preseason game in the books, the timing felt right for a reassessment of the Detroit Lions’ roster. With several spots still being contested, here’s how we have the 53-man roster shaking out with a couple of weeks of training camp and two preseason contests remaining. Quarterbacks (2) ► In: Jared Goff, David Blough

It’s difficult enough to absorb everything that’s happening during a regular season NFL game, when you have a better grasp of who is playing and where, but the chaos is amplified when teams are working with significantly larger rosters and more aggressively mixing and matching personnel during the preseason. So, when the schedule allows the time,

Detroit — Here’s a look at who is trending up and who is trending down coming out of the Detroit Lions’ preseason loss to the Atlanta Falcons on Friday night. ► Stock up: Quarterback David Blough It was far from a flawless outing, and included one brutal blunder — a lost fumble on a botched exchange — but when comparing and

Detroit — In the days leading up the preseason opener, the Detroit Lions coaching staff had decided they weren’t going to play Jared Goff. Based on how well he’d been performing on the practice field during the first couple of weeks of training camp, they felt he didn’t need the snaps or to take on an

Detroit — Over 40,000 Detroit Lions fans poured into Ford Field to get a glimpse of their new-look football team in Friday night’s preseason opener against the Atlanta Falcons. And for those who wanted to know how the revamped receiver room would produce with the bright lights on, well, they got an answer — in the

Detroit — His work was already done Friday night, but late in the first half of the Lions’ preseason opener, Aidan Hutchinson found himself in the spotlight again. That’s because they were playing his song inside Ford Field, blasting Michael Jackson’s “Billie Jean” as an homage to Hutchinson’s show-stopping performance in the debut of HBO’s

Detroit — During the grind of training camp, it’s difficult for NFL coaches and players to focus much beyond the current day, but it’s naïve to think the Detroit Lions don’t have Week 1 opponent Philadelphia in the back of their mind. And coming out of the preseason opener against Atlanta Friday night, Detroit was sharply

Detroit — The Detroit Lions’ starting offense flashed its promise in the preseason opener, while the defense showed it has significant work to do before next month’s season opener against the Philadelphia Eagles. After both first-string offenses scored touchdowns, the Lions’ and Atlanta Falcons’ backups traded punches and leads through the remainder of Friday’s exhibition contest  at

Allen Park — The Detroit Lions open the preseason Friday evening, hosting the Atlanta Falcons at Ford Field for a 6 p.m. matchup. The game will air locally on FOX 2 and will include former University of Michigan and Inkster High School standout Devin Gardner as part of the broadcast team. Whether you’re planning to be at the

Allen Park — There was a second pro football team at Detroit Lions training camp on Wednesday. Detroit City FC’s men’s side made productive use of their off day, traveling to Allen Park to watch the Lions run practice from the VIP section. Some of them — like midfielder and Michigan native Brad Dunwell — are

Allen Park — Every path to the NFL is unique, with some more linear than others. There are plenty of examples of guys who were five-star recruits coming out of high school, dominated in college and were selected in the first round of the NFL Draft. But that road is actually less traveled than one might think.